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Fredonia, North Dakota

City in Logan County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Fredonia

Index 5, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (SD), 66 miles off.

5Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fredonia

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fredonia, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Fredonia, North DakotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fredonia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Wishek ND 3 MP 40.7ND023

Beside a road/31.8 mi away/2,219 ft/153 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Fredonia 1.3 WND-MI-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/2,057 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Edgeley 3 WNWEGYN8

At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/1,555 ft/511 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Jamestown 38 WSW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 35.4 mi from Fredonia, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 30.5 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jamestown 38 WSW: temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.5, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 54937FIG. B THE AIR AT JAMESTOWN 38 WSWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.8 FTEMPERATURE 34.0 FDEW POINT 30.5 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEJamestown 38 WSW, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 54937TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54937-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jamestown 38 WSW, north up: at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 54937FIG. C THE WIND AT JAMESTOWN 38 WSWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJamestown 38 WSW, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 54937TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54937-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,920 ft above sea level, 7 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.90 inHg and the temperature at 52.2 F; it reports 34.0 F, 18.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Jamestown 38 WSW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,920 feet above sea level with 7 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 54937FIG. D WHERE JAMESTOWN 38 WSW STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREJAMESTOWN 38 WSW7 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,920 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED34.0 FTITLEJamestown 38 WSW, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 54937TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54937-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Jamestown 38 WSW, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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Near Fredonia

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